Anya asked me this morning why the song Jingle Bells was the way it was. So I decided to teach her how songs are written.
I started with:
"What mood are you in?" "Happy"
"What are you thinking about?" "Christmas"
"What does that make you think of?" "Santa, Candy Day, Angels, Elves... Angels getting prizes. Sea Shells (because they're pretty)"
From there it progressed with my asking questions such as, "What are the Angels and Elves doing? Where is this all happening? How fast should this song be? Etc..." Here is the song Anya came up and I wrote down (with as little input from me as possible): Merry Christmas!
Pegasus Running
At Swan Lake
The prettiest angels run a race
To win a prize
And everybody wins or at least ties.
At Swan Lake
The elves use wands to make
rainbows pretty as sea shells
Sparkling with Jewels
[Double Time]
At Swan Lake
A bad man sets traps on the hill
and the elves and the angels all get trapped
And miniaturized but not Peter!
[normal time]
At Santa's Workshop
Peter Finds scissors and frees them all
From the trap
But they are still miniaturized
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